If the friends are jerks, they might say this very loudly so that the couple in question can hear. Resulting in much blushing, and possibly a Snap Back, as they Cannot Spit It Out once they know they have an audience. This sort of thing is a typical Moment Killer.

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Anime And Manga

In Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, after Caro sends a quick telepathic note to Erio, the both of them quickly vacate Subaru's hospital room after Teana arrives. Man, even the kids can detect the lingering Les Yay.

In Genshiken, Sasahara and the other guys excuse themselves from Kousaka's apartment so he would be alone with Kasukabe.

Ranma ½: The "let's spy on them" variation was a trademark schtick of everybody else in the house when Ranma and Akane had to talk. This of course usually led to the interruption of said moments when someone inevitably either fell through the sliding doors, or got impatient and told them to get on with it. The same thing happens with Ukyo and Shampoo.

Played straight multiple times and subverted once in Cardcaptor Sakura. In the manga (and second movie of the anime), Tomoyo (and Meiling) often make excuses to disappear when Syaoran gets close to confessing his love to Sakura. Subverted once with Sakura and Yukito in the Path of Stars; everyone makes sure they enter together alone, Eriol even holds off his mischief for a while, but the talk that ensues is Yukito turning Sakura down and helping her realize that she loves him as family.

Near the end of GaoGaiGar, the other GGG members keep Mamoru from going with Gai and Mikoto to her parents' grave, knowing that anything they say there (and afterwards) is likely going to be very private.

In Chrono Crusade, when Rosette walks away from her group to find Chrono in a carnival, Azmaria makes up an excuse to Satella for why they shouldn't follow, when her motivation is really so Chrono and Rosette can have a moment alone together.

In Vandread one of the characters arranges for the lovebirds to be Locked in a Room together. Although they thoughtfully installed cameras beforehand...

... and broadcast the feed live across the whole ship, to boot.

Detective Conan: an injured Takagi is alone in a hospital room with Sato, certain that any moment now, a Moment Killer will walk through the door. Thankfully, unknown to him, the Detective Boys shoo away the visitors under the pretense he needs his rest, and they can't help but to peek in the room when he and Sato share a very Squee-enducing kiss.

This was also done by Kazuha Toyama in the Shiragami-sama case. It was bad news for Shinichi though: He was about to shrink back into Conan when Ran was still with him. Heiji tried to help him escape, but Kazuha invoked the trope.

Hilariously averted in the manga version of Fruits Basket, where Tohru and Kyo are going about their morning doing normal things, but being a little TOO embarrased about brushing hands together when reaching for something and the like. Yuki, upon witnessing the two, suddenly feels the need to get up and leave. Not to give them privacy so much as to just get the hell out of the sugar-laden-atmosphere.

It happens at the end of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, when Athrun senses that Kira is going to cry and he drags Cagalli out of the room to leave his friend alone with Lacus. Cagalli protests.

Slayers: Amelia does this with Zelgadis to give Lina and Gourry room after a fight with Halcyform.

After the funeral for Shirley's father in Code Geass, the student council members are left standing in the graveyard. Everyone quickly withdraws to give Lelouch and Shirley some space, though Milly has to manhandle Rivals out of the graveyard.

Itazura Na Kiss: When Kotoko and Naoki have an argument during their honeymoon, Mrs. Irie is taking a video of their makeup kiss but she's dragged away by her husband to leave them finally alone.

In Charlotte, the early red herring love interest's friend pulls one of these, leaving her and Yuu free to eat alone together after school.

In the Galaxy Rangers fanfic Isn't Life Strange, Doc half-jokingly suggests this to Zach when they see Shane and Niko having a happy moment, despite both of them being laid up in Sickbay.

Played with in the first part of the Elemental Chess Trilogy. The military personnel, all of whom were privy to Roy and Riza's Wacky Marriage Proposal, attempt to give them some privacy in a compartment on the train back to Central... except for the members of the Mustang unit, who left communications equipment in there with them and are listening intently to the conversation.

Death And Ker features several scenes in which Shinjiro, observing the burgeoning romance between Akihiko and Mitsuru, finds a way to slip away unnoticed and leave them alone together. It almost approaches the level of a running gag, as it's inevitably followed by one or the other of them wondering where the hell he went.

In Tomorrow's Doom, during the beach outing, everyone decides to go out for a walk and leave Yoko and Kenta alone in the bungalow, expecting the two to hit it off. And they do.

Subverted in Jus Primae Noctis. After Louise realizes she just did this with Siesta and Henrietta, she runs back to interrupt.

Lampshaded in Out Of The Dead Land: when Sam and Natasha start up a conspicuously loud conversation with each other while giving Steve and Bucky room to have a private talk, Steve remarks, "Nice of them to let us know they're not listening."

Lampshaded in All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird. Dorian observes that Victoria is in the courtyard garden with Mahanon and Cassandra, but is desperately trying to find something else to occupy her attention so that she can do exactly this for them.

Films — Animation

In the Aladdin sequel, Aladdin: The Return of Jafar, Iago shoos Genie, Rajah, and Abu away from Jasmine and Aladdin, loudly and obnoxiously, as he does everything. It's an attempt to make them trust him (maybe).

Cinderella has this invoked by the King to make sure that the Prince can spend more time with Cinderella without gawkers and to eventually propose to her.

At the end of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the villagers crowdsurf Quasimodo away from the cathedral, but Esmeralda and Phoebus stay behind.

In Pocahontas, Grandmother Willow closes her leaves like a curtain while the main couple are about to kiss.

Meeko also pulls one off by preventing Flit from getting in the way. It's one of the few respectable actions Meeko does in this movie.

Tangled: When Flynn and Rapunzel seem to be about to kiss near the end of the floating lanterns scene, Pascal turns pink and covers his eyes. Kinda subverted, though, when he immediately peeks between his fingers.

In WALL•E, M-O shoos the other robots away from EVE and WALL•E as they're reunited. In a nice bit of Parental Bonus, you can see one of the robots in the background peek back and try to watch before being dragged off by M-O.

During Frozen, Anna returns to Hans for help against the curse on her, telling him: "Hans, you have to kiss me." The servants present immediately vacate the room. Had they stayed, though, they might have been able to stop Hans from attempting to murder Anna...

Parodied in Tarzan, when Jane sketches a rendition of Tarzan on a blackboard and begins staring wistfully into the drawing.

Professor: Oh, shall I leave you and the... blackboard alone for a moment?

Films — Live-Action

The Matrix Reloaded: Link, Neo, Trinity and the Kid are all on an elevator together. When the door opens, Link says, "Let's go, Kid. These two got things to do." As soon as the door closes again, Neo and Trinity start kissing.

In Sense and Sensibility, when Eleanor bursts out crying at the news that Edward is not married, her mother and sisters look at each other, gobsmacked for a moment, and then hurriedly vacate the room.

In The American President, when President Shephard and Sydney Ellen Wade are about to reconcile, A.J. announces, "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the Lincoln bedroom, giving oxygen to Lewis."

In Fireproof, Kirk Cameron's character's best friend shoos the other firemen away from the door in order to let the protagonist and his wife enjoy their reconciliation in peace.

Played with in Spider-Man, when Peter Parker and Mary Jane visit Aunt May in the hospital. Since she's in a hospital bed, Aunt May cannot leave, but in order to give Peter and Mary Jane some time to talk she pretends to be asleep.

Jokingly referred to in Star Trek: First Contact when Deanna walks in on Picard showing Data how feeling the prototype warp ship Phoenix helps him appreciate it.

Subverted when Mr. Collins tries to get Lizzy to marry him. Mrs. Bennet, picking up on his intentions, is all too eager to shoo her daughters out and clear the room. Lizzy, who also knows what's coming up and really wants to avoid it if at all possible, frantically begs her to stay where she's at.

Mrs. Bennet does this in a painfully obvious fashion, in hopes that Mr. Bingley will finally get over himself and propose to Jane. The funny comes when Mrs. Bennet attempts to make "subtle" let's-get-out-of-here motions to her daughter Kitty... who doesn't understand what her mother's up to and naively (and loudly) asks her mother why she's winking at her in such a strange fashion.

A few days later, Mr. Bingley cheerfully asks Mrs. Bennet to suggest a nice long walk for Darcy and Elizabeth to go on, and then immediately suggests that Kitty would not want to go with them, in a manner that can only be considered subtle when compared to Mrs. Bennet.

In Dragon Blood, the protagonists all innocently point out that Ward has to share a tent with the woman he's in love with ... for perfectly rational reasons, of course. It is simply the most efficient tent-sharing option. Or so they tell him. He's a bit shy about it, but his lover likes the idea.

In John C. Wright's The Golden Transcedence, when Phaethon reunites with Daphne, Helion and Atkins turn away on their own, but must make Diomedes leave them all; Diomedes, coming from the asexual Neputanians, finds it very interesting to watch.

In Dollhouse, Echo starts helping Bennet with the reconstruction of Caroline's wedge, but quickly makes an excuse to leave the room once Topher joins them. It doesn't end well. (Although in Bennet's final moments, she and Topher did have a Relationship Upgrade.)

Friends: After everyone (finally) finds out about Monica and Chandler, Joey doesn't even offer an excuse and just quotes this trope word for word. Ross, Monica's older brother, is not amused.

The Power Rangers are all used to sitting together, so when Tommy and Katherine are on a date in one episode of Zeo, Tanya has to stop the other Rangers from joining them at their table.

Leverage: When Parker is jealous of Hardison's attraction to one of their clients, Sophie tells Parker she should confess her feelings and leaves them alone together. Parker Cannot Spit It Out, but Hardison understands and basically lets her know that he's willing to wait.

On NCIS, McGee does to Tony and Ziva in "Reunion." After Ziva suggests something to solve the case Tony and McGee are working on, Tony and Ziva end up having an intimate staring contest. McGee awkwardly excuses himself from the room with an I Need to Iron My Dog excuse.

McGee: And... I'm gonna go do that... after I get a Nutter Butter. (eyeroll, leaves)

McGee does this again with Ms. Hart and Gibbs.

McGee: (awkwardly): I am... going to go get a haircut. (McGee leaves)

In a third season episode of Merlin, Arthur tries to signal to Merlin that he wants some alone time with Guinevere. Merlin ends up running off in a fake panic about wolves in the forest.

The Doctor Who episode "Hell Bent" includes a unique variant of this trope. The Doctor has just revealed to Clara that he spent 4 1/2 billion years in a bespoke torture chamber, in order to create the circumstance where she could be pulled out of tume a moment before her death. Clara is thunderstruck by this revelation and appears to undergo a form of Love Revelation Epiphany, leading her to tell the Doctor that there is something important she must tell him. As she starts, the camera pans away from them and in fact leaves the vicinity completely; we are treated to a lovely view of Gallifrey's citadel and a reprise of Clara's leitmotif and when we return, Clara has said her piece.

Referenced in "School Reunion" in reference to the Doctor/TARDIS Cargo Ship, as Rose and Sarah Jane discuss the Doctor's pecadillos:

Sarah Jane: Does he still...stroke parts of the TARDIS? Rose(laughing): Yes, yes! I'm like, "Do you two want to be left alone?"

Played with at the end of "Amy's Choice", when Amy and Rory exchange their Big Damn Kiss.

Doctor: So, where to now? Or do you want me to pop down to the swimming pool for a few lengths?

On an episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun, when Tommy's girlfriend comes over, Dick and Sally make obvious, hasty exits to give them space alone in the living room, but Harry doesn't seem to be aware of this trope until:

Tommy: Um, Harry?

Harry: Hmmm? Oh, I was just trying to stagger my exit, for a more NATURAL effect. (gets up and strolls out of the room casually whistling)

Daredevil: By the start of season 2, Matt Murdock and Karen Page are becoming a bit more attracted to each other, often flirting whenever they're alone or Foggy steps aside to handle something else. Finally, by "Penny and Dime," when the trio is leaving Josie's after watching the news of Frank Castle's arrest, Foggy makes an early departure clearly intent on giving Matt and Karen a moment.

Foggy Nelson: Careful, Matt.

Matt Murdock: What's that?

Foggy Nelson: You keep going like this, you just might end up happy. And for a Catholic boy, that's a pretty dangerous thing.

Foggy Nelson: Home. I'm gonna sleep for a week. Someone had the awful idea of doing shots! [Karen giggles as Foggy removes his newspaper from his briefcase to use as an umbrella] I think I've had enough excitement for one evening.

Karen Page: 'Kay...

Foggy Nelson: See you two in the morning! [dashes off into the rain]

Matt Murdock: See ya, Fog.

Karen Page: Bye!

[Karen smiles at Matt. She looks up at the sky, and then sticks her left hand out to see how hard the rain is coming down]

Luke Cage: When Claire first approaches Luke in her mom's diner while Luke is eating breakfast with Bobby Fish, Luke has a hard time remembering exactly who she was. When he does finally recognize her, Bobby immediately reads the mood and decides to leave the two alone.

Music

Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas' "Little Children" was about a wannabe Romeo trying to convince his girlfriend's siblings to leave the two of them alone.

Theater

Used hilariously by Ben Franklin in 1776 when Martha Jefferson arrives to "cheer up" her husband.

Tragic variant in La Bohème: Rodolfo is tending to the dying Mimi, and Colline goes out to sell his coat for medicine. As he leaves, he asks Schaunard to come along:

Colline: Schaunard, each in a different way, let us put together two acts of kindness. I, this; and you—leave them alone together!

Cyrano de Bergerac: Cyrano invokes this trope at Act II Scene V when Roxane and his Duenna met him at the bakery of the poets (Roxaneï¿½s Duenna is supposed to be her chaperone). Cyrano bribes the Duenna with pies and ask her to eat them in the street, so he can have some privacy with Roxane.

Cyrano(filling her arms with the bags): Pleasure me then; go eat them all in the street.

The Duenna: But...

Cyrano(pushing her out): And come not back till the very last crumb be eaten!

Doc makes this speech in the third act of The Most Happy Fella, which leads into "Song of a Summer Night." After the song Tony and Rosabella are indeed left alone, though they have a nasty lover's quarrel instead.

In The Pirates of Penzance, the sisters want to give Frederic and Mabel privacy but don't want to leave them unchaperoned. So they decide to "shut their eyes and Talk About the Weather" in the form of a very silly patter song. (While peeking.)

Video Games

In Final Fantasy X, just after Tidus and Yuna share a Big Damn Kiss, Kimahri is revealed to be watching from the shoreline. He smiles, then just turns and leaves to give them some privacy.

At a big celebration party in Ōkami, the player can sneak into Sakuya's tree and discover Kushi and Susano (the brewer and the lush, how fitting!) enjoying the scenery. However, there's no one to stop you from interrupting, save a few pointed remarks from the couple - in the end, Issun has to do the job himself and scold Ammy into leaving.

In Tales of the Abyss, near the end of the game, Luke and Tear share a moment on the Albiore's deck while Noelle keeps Mieu from spying on them.

In a chapter of FireEmblem: Rekka no Ken, the party decides to split up to avoid attracting attention, leaving Eliwood and Ninian alone. Even though it was Eliwood who called for everyone to separate, Lyn was going for this trope and dragging along an oblivious Hector. It could even work as a twofer use of this trope, depending who you ship.

Unknown (Ranulf): Oooh, what a romantic setting. Makes it hard to make an appearance! I guess I could just leave you two...

In the Mass Effect 2 DLC module "Lair of the Shadow Broker," after the Shadow Broker's dealt with and Shepard and Liara start talking about their relationship again, Feron and Shepard's other companion beat a hasty retreat to leave them alone.

Sengoku Basara likes playing this one for laughs with resident Sickeningly Sweethearts Toshiie Maeda and his wife Matsu. When one rescues the other from Yukimura at one point, they get so romantic he becomes embarrassed and wonders if he should leave them alone and come back later.

In a separate incident in Samurai Heroes, after fighting the player army to a standstill for a time by constantly healing each other with food, the couple exchange compliments and retreat, prompting an allied general to muse "I wonder where they're going?" followed by a cutscene of the camera panning over secluded storehouses, flirty laughter in the background... they're having a picnic.

Happens twice in Solatorobo. Once, Elh scolds Red for having no sense when Béluga gives Merveille a hologram of flowers and drags him out of the room. The lovebirds in question don't seem to notice. The second time, Chocolat refuses to allow Opéra, Cyan, and Princess Theria to open the door, when Red and Elh make up after he got fangirled to death by Theria, Alicia, and Toffee after winning the Prairie Kingdom Cup. Unfortunately, this time the door is rather thin and Chocolat is being a little loud, so the two overhear her just fine and are a little embarrassed.

In The Legend of Dragoon, Dart and Rose are lost overboard after the party visits the haunted ship. When they rejoin the party everyone yells at Dart to get upstairs and see Shana. Meru declares herself the official guard to keep anyone from interrupting the two lovebirds. She herself is then caught spying at the door, her justification being she has no knowledge of romantic relationships and is trying to learn more about them. Cue a very embarrassed Meru being caught when Dart opens the door.

Emotionally discreet as Vaarsuvius is, s/he still is the one to have everyone vacate the room where Elan and Haley are about to share their first kiss in The Order of the Stick.

An unusual case: in Fans!, the first night that Rumy stayed with Rikk and Ally after the three of them decided to resolve their love triangle by Rikk having a relationship with Rumy as well as Ally, Ally loudly announced that she would be studying for her nursing exams with death metal playing on her iPod, while Rikk and Rumy were together in the bedroom.

Ally: Was 'at too subtle?

Rikk: It erred on the side of clarity.

Ally: Then one more thing, 'cause I know you. Do not check up on me if y' think she's asleep. You need to make her your world tonight. You both need to trust I'm as cool with this as I say I am. I know that's tough for you, but happy endings ain't for wimps.

In Inverloch, Neirenn drags Acheron out to fetch water (when she could easily conjure some with magic) so that Varden and Lei'ella can have a private chat as Lei'ella recovers from nearly being killed. Of course, Neirenn sneaks back to eavesdrop a minute later.

Web Original

Dept Heaven Apocrypha subverts this; Fia would really, really, really like to leave her demon and Meria to themselves, but since the demon is possessing her, she can't. Hilarity Ensues.

In RWBY. when Nora notices Jaune and Pyrrha alone together she immediately drags Ren on a different path to make sure they won't interrupt them.

Jake suggests this trope in Adventure Time between Finn and Flame Princess when Finn asked if he wanted to join in on the fun.

In the Phineas and Ferb episode "Happy Birthday, Isabella", Ferb does this so that Phineas and Isabella can spend some time alone.

In Code Lyoko's "Routine," Odd seems to have disappeared when Ulrich saves Yumi. It is unknown if he had seen Ulrich and Yumi almost kiss or if he was busy with monsters on Lyoko.

Early in the Steven Universe episode "Bubble Buddies", Steven asks the other Crystal Gems not to spy on him trying to talk to a girl he likes because it'll "mess up my funky flow". At the end of the episode, Amethyst and Pearl rush to introduce themselves to Steven's new friend Connie, only for Garnet to drag them away, telling them "Don't mess with his funky flow."

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